Fifth SpaceX Cargo Mission

From NASA:

Three days before launch of the fifth SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station, the weather forecast remains 60 percent favorable. 

The cargo resupply services mission, designated SpaceX CRS-5, is the fifth of 12 SpaceX flights NASA has contracted with the company to resupply the space station. It will be the sixth trip by a Dragon spacecraft to the orbiting laboratory. The Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch at 6:20 a.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 6, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Atop the Falcon rocket is the Dragon cargo spacecraft loaded with more than 3,700 pounds of scientific experiments, technology demonstrations and supplies, including critical materials to support 256 science and research investigations that will take place on the station during ISS Expeditions 42 and 43. The Dragon spacecraft will remain attached to the space station's Harmony module for more than four weeks and then splash down in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Baja California, bringing with it almost two tons of experiment samples and equipment from the station.

For launch countdown coverage, NASA's launch blog, and more information about the mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/spacex